{"id":19020,"date":"2026-07-27T17:27:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T12:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=19020"},"modified":"2026-07-27T17:27:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T12:27:22","slug":"dylan-mulvaney-speaks-out-about-being-publicly-mocked-by-trump-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=19020","title":{"rendered":"Dylan Mulvaney Speaks Out About Being \u2018Publicly Mocked\u2019 by Trump at White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5745759\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5745759\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5745759\" src=\"https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-27T111400-185-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5745759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Screengrab via TikTok)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trans influencer and actress <strong>Dylan Mulvaney<\/strong> hit back at President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> on Sunday after he mocked both her and CNN White House correspondent <strong>Kaitlan Collins<\/strong> during his speech at the rescheduled White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Trump used part of his address at Friday\u2019s event, which was postponed from April after a gunman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/trump-whisked-out-of-white-house-correspondents-dinner-after-shots-fired\/\">opened fire<\/a> as the original dinner was underway, to congratulate Collins on an award for her White House coverage before questioning its merit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to personally congratulate CNN\u2019s Kaitlan Collins on receiving her award,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/she-never-smiles-trump-attacks-cnns-kaitlan-collins-at-whcd-compares-her-to-trans-influencer-dylan-mulvaney\/\">said<\/a>. \u201cIt was all about me. It\u2019s a fake. She shouldn\u2019t get the award. It was a fake. But I didn\u2019t mind. I said, \u2018Kaitlan, congratulations.\u2019 But it was fake, there\u2019s no question about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After joking Collins should \u201csmile\u201d, Trump compared her to Mulvaney, claiming he confused the two during Mulvaney\u2019s 2023 promotional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/bud-light-boycott.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">partnership<\/a> with Bud Light.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought Kaitlan had really made it big with a major new sponsorship, but then I informed her that it wasn\u2019t her on the Bud Light can, it was Dylan Mulvaney,\u201d Trump said. \u201cDylan Mulvaney cost Bud Light $35 billion in market cap. That was the worst commercial ever made by the way, for those few people who want to hear that. Most people don\u2019t care, but I would. I wouldn\u2019t want to hire Dylan any time soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Trump shared an edited image on social media showing Collins\u2019 face superimposed onto Mulvaney\u2019s body from the Bud Light campaign, as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/trump-goes-on-ai-posting-spree-targeting-enemies-from-iran-to-ex-comedians-jimmy-kimmel-and-stephen-colbert\/\">a flurry<\/a> of AI-generated posts and memes.<\/p>\n<p>Mulvaney responded on TikTok with a nearly four-minute video, opening by congratulating Collins on her journalism award before rounding on the president.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Stop everything.<\/p>\n<p>Dylan Mulvaney has finally responded regarding Donald Trump mentioning him\/her in his speech the other day. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mPlqUFR3KE\">pic.twitter.com\/mPlqUFR3KE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JebraFaushay\/status\/2081560684521808051?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Of Collins, Mulvaney said: \u201cI would like to tell her that I\u2019m incredibly honored to be compared to her in any way, and I hope that she keeps doing all the great work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She noted that Trump had mentioned her four times during Friday\u2019s event despite her keeping what she described as a relatively low public profile in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd yet I am still his topic of conversation all these years later,\u201d Mulvaney said. \u201cAnd it seems to me that I might be like the one that got away for these men. Like, I am permanently burned into their retinas. I am microchipped into their minds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mulvaney continued to say that she wouldn\u2019t \u201cwant to be professionally supported by an administration that doesn\u2019t personally support me or so many others in this country\u201d but later asked: \u201cWhy is it so important to them that I don&#8217;t find success?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cMaybe being publicly mocked and criticized by this administration is actually like the greatest compliment of all. Because it puts me in the company of some of the most brilliant, empathetic people in our world today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd lastly, to the president, thank you for reminding me that I am more powerful than I even knew,\u201d she concluded. \u201cAnd to quote my favorite recording artist, <strong>Shea Diamond<\/strong>, \u2018I am America.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/online\/dylan-mulvaney-speaks-out-about-being-publicly-mocked-by-trump-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner\/\">Dylan Mulvaney Speaks Out About Being \u2018Publicly Mocked\u2019 by Trump at White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Screengrab via TikTok) Trans influencer and actress Dylan Mulvaney hit back at President Donald Trump on Sunday after he mocked both her and CNN White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins during his speech at the rescheduled White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner. 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